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00:10To Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his government today is fresh on the pound.
00:20Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:23Damage had been done by the...
00:24Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:25Britain's trade gap is a staggering 107 million pounds.
00:30It's the worst figure on record.
00:31The government said that these figures were distorted and meaningless.
00:39Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:42Good afternoon, Mr. King.
00:45Where is it?
00:47About you.
00:48Tomorrow's front page, sir.
00:50Not strong enough.
00:53It's the strongest headline the Daily Mail has ever written about a Labour leader.
00:56About had guilty conscience. I don't know what it's saying.
01:25It's a sad day when the Daily Mirror, a Labour-supporting newspaper, turns against a Labour leader,
01:29like this.
01:34We've done some thinking and come up with an idea for how to deflect any further criticism.
01:39Yeah, go on.
01:41Lord Mountbatten.
01:45What's he got to do with anything?
01:46I'm sure we all agree that he's a symbol of a bygone era, of privilege and inequality, empire and extravagance.
01:53Not to mention a pompous, bloody arse.
01:55Go on.
01:56As Chief of the Defence Staff, he's refusing to make the defence cuts we need.
02:01Cuts which you promised in your election manifesto.
02:05One might even tolerate it if he weren't so...
02:08vain or crooked or power-mad.
02:12Quite.
02:14What are you proposing?
02:16That we kick him out.
02:20But at least he's busy.
02:22And inside the tent...
02:24You know, people like Mountbatten.
02:26Medallists, for want of a kind of word.
02:28Energetic, well-connected medallists.
02:29It's better that they're inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.
02:33But he belongs to another time, Harold.
02:37Kicking him out makes economic sense and shows we're tough.
02:41And who knows?
02:42It might just buy us some good headlines.
02:47Yes, I could do with some good headlines.
02:52General salute.
02:55Pre-set.
02:58Out.
02:59Out.
03:02Out.
03:10Out.
03:12Out.
03:16Out.
03:17Out.
04:48No, they're increasing fivefold, tenfold.
04:52And the conclusion of the review is that we'd like to make a few changes, one of which is to
04:58your post of Chief of the Defense Staff.
05:08You're kicking me out?
05:12Well, no, sir. I'm thanking you on behalf of the government, on behalf of the armed forces, on behalf of
05:17the whole country for your many years of remarkable service.
05:23You are. You're kicking me out.
05:28Well, there we are.
05:35There we are.
05:37There we are.
06:29It's absurd.
06:33But where one door closes, another opens.
06:41There is special providence in such a fall.
06:45If it be now, it is not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now.
06:48If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.
07:09What am I going to do, Barrett?
07:12You'll bounce back, sir. Before long, you'll have a hundred projects.
07:21Cake, sir.
07:31Hit, hit, hooray!
07:34Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
07:45Should old acquaintance be forgot and days of old lang syne.
07:55For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:05We'll take a cup of kindness yet for old lang syne.
08:16We, too, have brought up out the hills and pulled the daisies by.
08:25For old lang syne, my dear, for old lang syne.
08:36We, too, have brought up out the hills and the mountains.
09:06We'll go home, sir.
09:56Yes, of course.
09:58I think there's a pretty far.
10:00You need to worry about the stairs.
10:09Pens down, you must see.
10:15Ten minutes to Newmarket.
10:48Thank you, Cecil. How is he?
10:50As good as Newmarket.
10:56And do you really think he's recovered from his injury?
10:58Oh, I do, ma'am.
11:00Gilded, fired, well-rusted.
11:02We won't have him breaking down on us again.
11:06Any chance of seeing him on the gallops today?
11:09Oh, no, ma'am. It's too wet and muddy out there.
11:13It's been a lot like this.
11:15Hardly been able to train him at all.
11:18Well, we can't do anything about the weather.
11:23Now we come to the most anticipated race
11:25of this year's Royal Ascot meeting,
11:27the Queen Alexandra Stakes.
11:30This is Britain's longest flat race,
11:32where stamina is of the essence.
11:33And the favourite is, of course, number nine,
11:36Her Majesty's own horse, Apprentice.
11:39And they're off.
11:40With number six, Panic's in the early lead,
11:43followed by number one, Valentine's Day,
11:44with number two, Olympic boy,
11:46leaning right down their necks.
11:47They're off the pace now as they make their start.
11:51Behind the number ten, Ovi Anders,
11:53far off the leaders,
11:54but number nine, Apprentice,
11:55tails behind in fifth place.
11:58A disappointing start
12:00for last year's Yorkshire Club champion.
12:02And Panic's still ahead,
12:04but behind him, Apprentice is gaining crowns,
12:06seeing off the challenge from number seven,
12:07five even, and pulling into four.
12:10Majesty.
12:11Majesty.
12:12Dickey, darling.
12:14Chin up, vodka.
12:16Apprentice really has the look of eagles
12:17as they make the turn,
12:18and yes, Apprentice turns up the pressure on Olympic boys.
12:21He moves into third place.
12:22And in what is a fantastic recovery from a slow start,
12:25Apprentice is now level
12:26with number two Olympic boys as they race uphill.
12:28And as they come out of the final turn,
12:30Panic leads by 11 to half,
12:32but Apprentice is coming through with a challenge.
12:34And now it's the home street,
12:35and Apprentice is charging down the rear side,
12:37and it's making me nearly, nearly, nearly.
12:41No, he hasn't got it.
12:42No.
12:43Apprentice is starting to struggle.
12:44Panic is holding on,
12:45he's holding his lead,
12:46and Apprentice is falling behind
12:47as Valentine's Day falls back in second.
12:49Olympic boy coming up from the rear,
12:51and it's a busy finish,
12:53but number six, Panic finishes first.
12:55And there goes Paul in line number two,
12:57for the Olympic boy.
12:58What are you doing wrong with Paul?
13:00He used to be at the top.
13:02Now he barely competes.
13:04It's possible that the system set up by your late father
13:08is now a little...
13:10Obsolete.
13:12And might need, uh...
13:14Kicking up, throwing on the dust heap.
13:19If you want to keep up with the Aga Khan's
13:22of this world,
13:22I would suggest you follow their lead.
13:26And do what?
13:28Travel around the world,
13:29and catch up with all the latest developments.
13:31I can't just do that.
13:32In case you haven't noticed,
13:34I have a job to do with you.
13:36It would only be France,
13:38not Timbuktu.
13:39There are experienced people
13:41who are able to deputise for you in your absence.
13:53As you know,
13:54this government is committed to maintaining
13:56sterling at $2.80 to the pound.
13:58But with every economic blow,
14:01the oil embargo,
14:02the balance of payments deficit,
14:04and the Dockers Union strike,
14:06it's proving harder and harder
14:08to maintain.
14:23And I'm afraid
14:24that now we have no alternative
14:26but to devalue the pound.
14:29Oh.
14:31And I need hardly say
14:32it is a matter of overwhelming regret
14:36for me personally.
14:39and a humiliation for the government.
14:44It feels like a bad time to say
14:46that I won't be here
14:47for our meeting next week.
14:49Perhaps the next two weeks.
14:51But Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
14:53will step in as Councillor of State.
14:55Oh.
14:56A role she's executed many times.
15:06Your Majesty.
15:25good evening a few days ago the cabinet took its unanimous decision to devalue the pound
15:33i can now tell you why we have taken this action and more importantly what it will mean for you
15:40from now on the pound abroad will be worth 14 or so less in terms of other currencies
15:47now this does not mean of course that the pound here in britain in your pocket or your purse or
15:52your bank has been devalued what it does mean is that the goods we buy from abroad will be dearer
15:59so for many goods it will be cheaper to buy british
16:05this devaluation has been a hard decision and some of its consequences will be hard for a time
16:14for three years this government has fought as it was our duty to fight the burden of the deficit
16:20that the previous government left us with but now is not the time to triple blame now is our chance
16:27to break free from that stranger to seize this opportunity with both hands
16:34this is a proud nation we're out on our own now
16:38now we must choose to put britain first
17:07tonight we veterans of the burma campaign are gathered here to renew old comradeships
17:14and to remember fallen brothers at yang gang yong and ryan good we remember how it was fought
17:23the old way the honorable way body to body bayonet to bayonet
17:32and that swift exhilarating sweep of victory that carried us over the uruguay and in mandalay and there
17:41we met the japanese army and we tore it apart
17:48yes gentlemen we military men will always have our past glories to look back on
17:56but what of this new generation these young men and women for whom some of the best of us gave
18:02our lives
18:04decline
18:07irrelevance
18:07and the devaluation of pound sterling
18:11that is the sunless future that faces them
18:15for them
18:16the white heat of revolution is not a forging heat
18:20it is a melting heat
18:22it melts the silver of our battle on us
18:26and reduces to cinders the very foundation of our economy
18:30our currency
18:35so
18:37if the only glories available to this nation
18:40are its past glories
18:44then let us cherish them now
18:50come you back you british soldier
18:53come you back
18:57who will join me
19:01ship me somewhere east of sewers
19:04where the best is like the worst
19:07where there are no ten commandments
19:10and a man can raise a thirst
19:14for the temple bells are calling
19:16and it's there that i would be
19:19by the old mo mine pagoda
19:23looking lazy at the sea
19:26on the road to mandalay
19:29where the old fortitude lay
19:32where thou sick beneath the orange
19:36when we went to mandalay
19:40all the roads to mandalay
19:43where the flying faces lay
19:47and the dawn comes up like thunder
19:50out of china
19:52across the bay
19:59so
20:07thank you
20:10what you want to do
20:24not my matter excuse me cecil king i hope to talk to you sir to express my sympathy at the
20:31way you've been treated by the government a shameful piece of political grandstanding
20:36and opportunism you're very kind well this country needs great men more than ever to restore
20:42confidence inspire us and perhaps even lead us out of the mire as we made very clear to me that
20:50my leadership days are over my colleagues and i don't believe that sir not for a minute
20:57as a matter of fact we'd be delighted if you'd agree to have lunch with us at threadneedle street
21:02one day bank of england we've been working on a proposal which we'd very much like to put to you
21:13sir
21:21you
21:22you
21:36you
21:37you
21:38you
21:38you
21:39you
21:39Thank you, Mr. Ed, but there is no need for such formalities.
21:44In the world of conservation, it's you who are the roi.
21:47You are very gentle, madame, and very indulgent.
21:50I doubt you will be fluttered.
21:53Here, here, here.
21:55Allons-y.
21:57Hello.
22:01And, of course, it was Manin Commissage who came out of Bidangin, the magnificent Speyer.
22:07Oh!
22:08It was Grand Sire, White Settler.
22:10Oh, that's right.
22:11You had a tremendous success with it.
22:13Yes, I'm a big wonderful sprinter.
22:16Are these your stud books?
22:17Indeed, ma'am.
22:18And I think you will find some very familiar names in there.
22:22Yes, I guess I will.
22:24If I'm not mistaken, this one.
22:27Oh, gosh, yes.
22:29My grandfather's one of his favorites.
22:32What would you say, six months?
22:33Hmm, yes, I'd say so.
22:35Nice temperament.
22:36Warm-blooded.
22:37Not too skittish.
22:38Indeed.
22:39Look at her hocks.
22:41Oh, yes.
22:42Very well, proportionate.
22:43Excellent line to the back.
22:44Yes.
22:46Come here.
22:55It was extraordinary.
22:57Not just their facilities, their entire attitude of breeding, but the fact they keep their
23:02fells and their yearlings so close.
23:04Yes.
23:05While we send ours off to graze in Ireland.
23:09Tell me honestly.
23:11Is it over?
23:12Have we slipped too far behind?
23:14Not yet, ma'am.
23:15But if you want to keep up, you do need to act decisively now.
23:20It would mean rethinking the operation from top to toe, changing the personnel, changing
23:25the approach.
23:26Yes.
23:27And currently there is a drain of the best British racehorses to America.
23:31You have to ask yourself, why?
23:35You don't think I should go there too?
23:37Well, obviously, from a racing perspective, it would be ideal.
23:40Just for a day or two.
23:42But, er, won't you be needed at home?
23:46Well, they've always got mummy.
23:48Me being away is good for her.
23:50She hates feeling old and superannuated and surplus to requirements.
23:54I'm sure she's relishing being the big chief again.
24:12Thank you, sir.
24:16Mr. King.
24:20The Great Britain of our childhood is dying before us.
24:25The country is bankrupt, our national security is in tatters, our allies are in despair.
24:31And on our current trajectory by 1970, we will be a vassal state.
24:37A pariah.
24:39I don't know about you, sir, but I'd sooner die than stand idly by and watch this happen.
24:45And to that end, my associates and I have come up with a plan to put the country back on
24:51track.
24:52Which is?
24:55Replacing the Prime Minister and installing a new emergency government.
25:01What?
25:02And in his place, we would need to install an inspirational figurehead.
25:07Someone who could unite the nation, command its respect.
25:11Someone who had stepped into a national leadership role before.
25:15Now, there are some obvious candidates, but frankly, none would be as good as you, sir.
25:19No, no, no. This is quite unthinkable.
25:22At this point, I should close my ears.
25:28Despite my own very profound reservations regarding our Prime Minister, what you're talking about is effectively a coup.
25:34And I can have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
25:38In peacetime, it's true, an intervention like this would be unconstitutional.
25:44But we believe this is no longer peacetime.
25:48And the circumstances are unprecedented and quite exceptional.
25:55Gerald.
25:58In order to hijack control of the economy, Wilson and his socialist colleagues have devised a plan.
26:04A plan, Brutus.
26:07Which would strip the Bank of England of all its powers, freeze the sterling balances of foreign governments,
26:13and enforce crash cuts in defence spending.
26:17Bankers cannot be allowed to run the show.
26:20The Bank of England has known about gold pouring out of the country since Monday and has done nothing to
26:26stop it.
26:27What is our response?
26:28The imposition of exchange controls, the crash cuts in defence expenditure,
26:33and the compulsory acquisition of all privately held overseas securities.
26:38Show of hands.
26:43It is an effective declaration of war.
26:47On freedom, democracy, and capitalism.
26:51We must act now.
26:54Not just to save Britain, but the world.
26:57We are proposing a radical revolution led by bankers, businessmen, and the armed forces.
27:03Professionals who can save us from amateurism, incompetence, and Russian infiltration.
27:09And as our interim leader, we can think of no one better than you, sir.
27:27This is all very interesting.
27:34May I suggest that we meet again?
27:37In forty-eight hours.
27:41Sorry.
27:53I suppose that sums it up.
27:55I suppose that sums it up.
27:56Evaluation of a gigantic loan that we all have to pay back.
27:59Britain now finds itself looking at a complete reversal of government policy
28:02after three years of devaluation and denials.
28:08Outside 10 Downing Street, protesters gathered.
28:11There's a reality of what a devalued pal...
28:30Welcome to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Majesty.
28:33Thank you, Mr. Hancock.
28:34Please, call me Paul.
28:36Sorry we don't have better weather for you.
28:37It's quite all right. We like a good watery.
28:39Paul Hancock.
28:40Pleasure to be here.
28:41Your shopping basket will hold less for the same money.
28:44A lot of imported footsteps will cast more.
28:47And several to find for off the feet.
28:52On Monday, after the announcement,
28:54the stock exchange was empty.
28:55There was no training.
28:57Outside in Tron Morton Street,
28:59brokers and drummers crowded together
29:00to try and sort out what the drop is...
29:05Morning, boys.
29:06Morning, sir. Morning, Mr. Hancock.
29:08They're testing for minerals.
29:11Sulfur, calcium.
29:12Correct nutrition is vital, ma'am.
29:14When it comes to the bone strength,
29:16the bone formation in the folds were raised.
29:18Yes, sir.
29:19Tommy's one of the best.
29:21Thanks, sir.
29:21Does Tommy ever come to England?
29:22Oh, no, no, no.
29:24Oh.
29:25Paris worked up to find that France was on the brink of civil war.
29:29With the rebel generals in Algeria sent paratroopers,
29:32defense measures were quickly put into operation.
29:38All the airports were closed to flights in and up.
29:41Nobody in the capital knew the rebels' intentions,
29:43but frantic bomb outranges here and elsewhere
29:46showed that pro-rebel sympathizers were on the power.
29:56These are veterinary students we've invited
29:58to spend time here at the farm.
30:00They learned reproductive management,
30:02neonatal and foal management,
30:04herd health management.
30:06What we're aiming for is better integration
30:08between our practices here at the stud
30:10and the clinical research being conducted
30:12in the wider world.
30:17Remind me of the year, Porche.
30:18What, 1967?
30:19Why?
30:20Because having seen what I've just seen,
30:22one might think it 2067.
30:24In terms of technology
30:26and their management of the pasture
30:28and their willingness to embrace new ideas,
30:30the Americans aren't just on a different level,
30:32they're on a different planet.
30:34And their racing manager, wasn't he impressive?
30:37When you think about Cecil, by comparison.
30:38Yes, he is getting on now.
30:40Hmm, 150?
30:42Well, not quite that, but certainly 80.
30:4540-year-old Cecil.
30:46The Van Hur of Newmarket.
30:49But he had such success with your father.
30:51And grandfather.
30:52You know he was wounded at the Somme.
30:54Yes.
30:55So, probably time for someone a little bit younger.
30:58The question is, who is there?
31:01What about Gordon Richards?
31:04He's with the wine stocks.
31:05They've never let him go.
31:07Or, with David McCall.
31:09Hmm.
31:11He's good.
31:13But can you honestly see him fitting in?
31:16No.
31:16Try that.
31:17Oh.
31:29Would you ever consider it?
31:33Me?
31:33Why not?
31:35You're brilliant.
31:36And you know the family inside out.
31:39Well, I'm honoured.
31:41But I'm also very ambitious.
31:45I could never accept unless I felt sure we had every chance of success at the highest level.
31:51And in terms of our research, there's still one thing that we really need to see.
31:56What?
31:57They're training facilities.
31:59But if we're going to gain the edge, there's still a lot to learn from the Americans.
32:04What?
32:04How much longer is that going to take?
32:07Well.
32:12Yes, please.
32:41Jasper.
32:42Jasper.
32:43In the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46 different countries around the world.
32:53And the success of some of these might encourage us.
32:58In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men.
33:02And in 1961, in South Korea, Major General Park Chung-hee seized power with 3,500 men.
33:13And in 1964, in Gabon, just 150 men were able to arrest President Nkrumah and thus gain control over the
33:23levers of state power.
33:25And, of course, it was with just one legion that seized across the Rubicon.
33:31And perhaps we would not seek to follow his fate.
33:37And what all successful insurgencies have in common are five key elements.
33:45Control of the media, control of the economy, and the capture of administrative targets, for which you need the fourth
33:53element, the loyalty of the military.
33:56Now, in Ghana and Gabon, this can be achieved with a handful of battalions.
34:01But here, in the United Kingdom, we would need to secure Parliament, Whitehall, the Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet
34:12Office.
34:13The Prime Minister will be arrested, of course, along with other politicians still loyal.
34:18We would have to shut down the airports, air traffic control.
34:22Same with the train stations.
34:24Curfews will be put in place, martial law declared.
34:28And I haven't even mentioned the police.
34:32It would take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen.
34:37And even in my heyday, I could never command that.
34:41Which brings me to the fifth element.
34:45Legitimacy.
34:47Now, our government draws its strength from long-established institutions that support it.
34:53The courts, body of common law, the Constitution.
34:59For any action against the state to succeed, you'd have to overthrow these as well.
35:04But in a highly evolved democracy such as ours, their authority is sacrosanct.
35:12Which is why, gentlemen, a coup d'etat in the United Kingdom doesn't stand a chance.
35:29Unless...
35:33Unless...
35:34Unless...
35:34Unless we have the support of the one person not yet mentioned.
35:39Do you see the temper?
35:42The crown has at its disposal unique constitutional powers, which could still make something like this possible.
35:52In 1834, William IV used them to dismiss his government in the face of opposition from the House.
35:58And in 1920, the Emergency Powers Act was passed, which gives the Sovereign power, in certain circumstances, to declare a
36:07state of emergency by proclamation.
36:10Meaning, our Queen could dissolve Parliament and appoint a new government.
36:15And a Prime Minister as well.
36:18She's also a Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
36:21They swear allegiance to her, and not to Parliament.
36:25So, could count on their support to see it through.
36:31She is our Caesar.
36:39And you think she might entertain this idea?
36:42The circumstances are certainly compelling.
36:45I've made a list here of exactly how compelling.
36:49And as her second cousin, I am in an ideal position to ask.
37:04I'm not hungry.
37:05No.
37:10Somehow, today has managed to be one of the most enjoyable days of my life.
37:15And at the same time, one of the most depressing.
37:22Telephone call for you, ma'am?
37:23Lord Manbatten?
37:24I'll call him back.
37:33If I tell you something, do you promise it will stay between us?
37:36Of course.
37:40This is how I'd like to spend all my time.
37:45Owning horses, breeding horses, racing horses.
37:48It's what makes me truly happy.
37:53And I actually think it's what I was born to do.
37:55Until the other thing came along.
37:58That someone else was born to do.
38:00That they elected not to do.
38:02Which meant that first my father, and then I,
38:04had to do a job we were never meant to do.
38:08Well, you've managed to make it look like
38:10the other thing is the only thing you were ever meant to do.
38:16You're kind.
38:18But it isn't.
38:34And on days like today,
38:37in places like this,
38:39in company like this,
38:43you get a glimpse of what it all might have been like.
38:48The unlived life.
38:52And how much happier it might have made me.
39:02not now.
39:07Who did?
39:07I just sniffed.
39:08Slightly.
39:09I should have to grovel now.
39:10No, it's all right.
39:11He'll understand.
39:13I'm so sorry, your majesty.
39:15Yes, all right.
39:15I'm coming.
39:16Honestly, only Dickie.
39:25Yes, thank you, master.
39:26I'll talk to you.
39:54You are persistent.
39:55Is it really so important?
39:59Yes, your majesty.
40:01Prime Minister.
40:05Ma'am,
40:06I have reason to believe
40:08there is currently a full-blown plot
40:10developing against me
40:11and the democratically elected Labour government
40:15that governs in your name
40:16being led by a senior member of your family.
40:21Who?
40:25Lord Mountbatten.
40:27And that he,
40:28in cahoots with Cecil King,
40:30the chairman of the Mirror Group newspapers,
40:32has been attempting to overthrow this government.
40:35Yes, sir.
40:38Now, I feel compelled to remind you, your majesty,
40:41that tolerance of the royal family
40:43is hanging by a thread as it is.
40:47Now, throughout my time in office,
40:50I have done my level best to protect you.
40:54But if members of the royal family
40:56were to interfere with the political business of the day,
41:00I would be left with no option but to side
41:03with the Republican elements of my cabinet,
41:06which I have successfully controlled until now,
41:11and take steps...
41:16Leave it with me, Prime Minister.
41:19Your majesty.
41:30I don't know.
41:51I don't know.
42:27I don't know.
42:57Lord Mountbatten, Your Majesty.
43:10Your Majesty.
43:17You asked to see me?
43:19I did.
43:21Well, great minds think alike.
43:23As it happens, I was planning to drop by myself...
43:28...on a matter of great importance.
43:41I'm getting a feeling that I've not had since Dieppe.
43:46That I'm walking into a trap.
43:51I'd like to think you had that sinking feeling on another occasion recently.
43:55When going to see your friends at the Bank of England.
43:59Is it even true?
44:02Yes, I did go to lunch at the Bank of England...
44:05...to meet and listen to people who are horrified by what's happening to the country.
44:10A horror I hope you share.
44:13Perhaps.
44:14But conspiring with them is not the solution.
44:17It is the beginning of a solution.
44:21Why are you doing this?
44:22Why would you protect a man like Wilson?
44:33I am protecting the Prime Minister.
44:37I am protecting the Constitution.
44:40I am protecting democracy.
44:45But if the man of the heart of that democracy threatens to destroy it...
44:48...are we supposed to just stand by and do nothing?
44:51Yes.
44:52Doing nothing is exactly what we do.
44:54And bide our time.
44:56And wait for the people that voted him in to vote him out again.
44:59If indeed that is what they decide to do.
45:21I am sure you find it near impossible to do nothing.
45:24And to not have the role and the responsibilities you have always had.
45:29You were born to be busy.
45:30And to lead.
45:32But you still have a huge role to play in this family.
45:37A father figure to my husband.
45:40An uncle and a guide to me.
45:43A king to make in Charles.
45:45Not to mention a brother to your sister.
45:49When was the last time you even visited her?
45:52Cheered her up?
46:00That would be a greater service to the Crown than leading unconstitutional coups.
46:13Let me tell you.
48:01I've discovered that for myself.
48:04Then it's just a matter of waiting and not getting in the way.
48:20Now, I hear you have been getting in the way.
48:24I told you that.
48:25There are no secrets in this place.
48:29Did you get a dressing down from our doughty queen?
48:35Yes, I did.
48:38Well, what's so funny?
48:40Well, that's funny.
48:42The little girl admonishing the grand old admiral of the fleet.
48:47Well, I'm glad it amuses you.
48:49Because the situation this country is facing is anything but amusing.
48:56Oh, who cares?
49:00Honestly.
49:04One of the few joys of being as old as we both are is that it's not our problem.
49:12Not really our country either.
49:14What are you talking about?
49:16Of course it's our country.
49:18We Battenbergs have no country.
49:23Our family might have kings and queens in its ranks, but we're mongrels too.
49:32Part German, part Greek, part nowhere at all.
49:38Well, this is my country.
49:43Gave me a home, gave me a name.
49:47And in return, I've given it my life.
49:55And to see it like this breaks my heart.
50:00Yeah.
50:02Yeah.
50:34You must sleep, sister.
50:49Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
51:06Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
52:03Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
52:04Princess Alice, of nowhere at all.
52:17You!
52:20Don't sound so surprised.
52:21I am. It's been so long.
52:27so how was france america educational the trip was supposed to be a week you were gone almost
52:37a month yes with porchie yes was that fun
52:49we went on racing business it was a fact-finding expedition right if you have something to say
52:57say it now otherwise if you don't mind i'm busy i've heard you've appointed him as your racing
53:02manager i have which means he'll be around all the time yes with any luck good for you good for
53:09all of
53:37us
53:49I heard about Dickie.
53:52A coup.
53:53Yes, can you believe it?
53:57It must be hard getting old.
54:05Yes.
54:19I'll be up in a minute.
54:22Oh, will you?
54:23Yes, I thought so.
54:26Unless you'd rather I wasn't.
54:29I'll see you in a minute.
54:56I'll see you in a minute.
55:30I'll see you in a minute.
56:00I'll see you in a minute.
56:13I'll see you in a minute.
56:42I'll see you in a minute.
57:18I'll see you in a minute.
57:18I'll see you in a minute.
57:20I'll see you in a minute.
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